Children watching Jason Hackenwerth make balloon animals at the New Children's Museum.

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Artist Jason Hackenwerth showing a group of children how to make balloon animals.

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A table at the New Children's Museum, holding all the balloons Hackenwerth uses for his sculptures.

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Jason Hackenwerth at the New Children's Museum, in the middle of building and installing his piece for Animal Art.

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One of artist Jason Hackenwerth's balloon sculptures.

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One of artist Jason Hackenwerth's balloon sculptures.

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"The Shepherd" by Jason Hackenwerth. Photo by Sean Gilligan.

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One of artist Jason Hackenwerth's balloon sculptures.

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One of artist Jason Hackenwerth's balloon sculptures.

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Artist Jason Hackenwerth stands with one of his sculptures.

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Musician John Fogerty

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A Native drummer celebrates the construction of a wind turbine.

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Philane, who staffs the reptile park overseen by Thea and Clifton Litschka-Koen, educates local communities about the mamba as he entertains them.

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Thea Litschka-Koen, holding a black mamba, leads a team of snake handlers in the first-ever study to radio-track a rescued mamba's movement. Their mamba research has now been recognized by King Mswati III of Swaziland, who has given Litschka-Koen land on which to build a new nature reserve and a health clinic specializing in the treatment of snake-bites. It will be the first of its kind in Swaziland.

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Submit your questions here for snake handler Thea Litschka-Koen, featured in Black Mamba (pictured). Check back during the week of Monday, November 9, and Thea will answer your questions.

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In season nine of "America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated," host Christopher Kimball and the test kitchen team explore delicious recipes and ingredients, new cooking technologies and the science of food to help home chefs find success in the kitchen. Pictured: Christopher Kimball and Julia Collin Davison.

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"DAY OF THE DEAD IN THE USA: the migration and transformation of a cultural phenomenon," is a book about the changes in the popularity of the holiday over the years.

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"The Annunciation" by seminal photographer, Duane Michals.

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This is a graphic of a Cochlear implant, a device that allows deaf people to hear.

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"Armando and the Blue Tarp School" is a children's book that will be adapted into a new musical by the Park Dale Players at UCSD.

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"Saved: Rescued Animals and the Lives They Transform," is a book by award-winning journalist Karin Winegar.

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Republican New Jersey Governor-elect Chris Christie (L) and Lt. Governor-elect Kim Guadagno wave to election-night supporters November 3, 2009 in Parsippany New Jersey. The Republican Christie defeated incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine.

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